Legal Aid South Africa v Magidiwana and Others

dc.date.accessioned	2017-04-08T17:18:19Z
dc.date.available	2017-04-08T17:18:19Z
dc.date.created	2015-02-17	en
dc.identifier.citation	[2015] ZACC 26
dc.identifier.citation	2016 (1) SA 103 (CC)
dc.identifier.citation	2015 (10) BCLR 1172 (CC)
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/3782
dc.title	Legal Aid South Africa v Magidiwana and Others	en
dc.title.alternative	CCT188/14	en
dc.identifier.casenumber	CCT188/14	en
dc.date.hearing	14 May 2015
dc.contributor.judge	Theron AJ (main)
dc.contributor.judge	Nkabinde J (dissenting)
dc.date.judgment	25 August 2015
dc.link.judgment	http://collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.12144/3782/Full%20judgment%20Official%20version%20%28433%20Kb%29-23388.pdf?sequence=14&isAllowed=y
dc.concourt.synopsis	Mootness — no practical effect — not in the interests of justice — context specific Interpretation — section 34 of the Constitution — right of access to courts or another independent and impartial tribunal or forum — right to legal representation at state expense before commissions of inquiry — no obligation on Legal Aid South Africa to fund legal representation
dc.concourt.casehistory	On appeal from the Supreme Court of Appeal (hearing an appeal from the Gauteng Division of the High Court, Pretoria per Makgoka J)

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Directions 11 February 2015-22671.pdf ( 122.1Kb )

Directions 2 February 2015-22672.pdf ( 126.4Kb )

Earlier judgment 26 September 2014 SCA (378 Kb)-22673.pdf ( 377.9Kb )

Applicant's Heads of Argument-22844.pdf ( 465.8Kb )

Applicant's Practice Note-22845.pdf ( 208.0Kb )

First Second and Further Respondents' Heads of Argument-22846.pdf ( 858.8Kb )

First Second and Further Respondents' Practice Note-22847.pdf ( 281.8Kb )

Eighth and Ninth Respondents' Heads of Argument-22848.pdf ( 424.6Kb )

Eighth and Ninth Respondents' Practice Note-22849.pdf ( 294.9Kb )

Eighteenth Respondent's Heads of Argument-22850.pdf ( 227.7Kb )

Eighteenth Respondent's Practice Note-22851.pdf ( 16.31Kb )

Pre-hearing summary-23004.pdf ( 129.3Kb )

Summary of judgment-23390.pdf ( 99.58Kb )

Full judgment Official version (433 Kb)-23388.pdf ( 432.0Kb )

Full judgment (Word format)-23389.pdf ( 246.5Kb )

Founding Affidavit-26661.pdf ( 411.2Kb )

Notice of Opposition-26662.pdf ( 297.5Kb )

Eighth and Ninth Respondents' Answering Affidavit-26663.pdf ( 428.0Kb )

Eighteenth Respondent's Answering Affidavit-26664.pdf ( 253.2Kb )

Notice of Motion Application to file Replying Affidavit-26665.pdf ( 13.00Kb )

Replying Affidavit-26666.pdf ( 322.3Kb )

Applicant's Statement of Facts-26667.pdf ( 299.3Kb )

First Second Eighth Ninth and Eighteenth Respondents' Statement of Facts-26668.pdf ( 332.2Kb )